= stick to them like cotton: agree with, like.

dotty

»He’s just a bit dotty, same as you or I might get with nothing to do.» (Tommy And Co. 61. 28.)

A journalist with a special liking for vulgarisms.

= feeble, dizzy, idiotic (Cf. dotty in the crumpet: weak in the head). The term is probably derived from the verb dot: dotted > dotty.

gal, gell

»A gal was at the bottom of it.» (T. T. T. 170. 14.)

An elderly waiter.

»smutty-faced servant-gals.» (T. T. T. 157. 3.)